POLICE COURTS. GUNDAGAI. Saturday, Maboh 2 th, — Before the Police Magistrate. Edward McGlede v. Thomas Lester. De fendant was charged with malicious injury, which consisted in breaking complainant's windows. The summons had not been served in consequence of defendant's having left the district, and the case therefore lapsed, Zephanius Doughty Wilmott pleaded guilty to calling a policeman at Jugiong a fellow, with an -adjective prefixed to the epithet signifying sanguinary, and although he had a bag full of sovereigns and plenty of silver preferred 48 hours' imprisonment to paying a fine of 20s. His wish was gratified, and he was locked up for that time. Monday, March 30th. — Before the Police Magistrate. John Dunn, an Irishman who had been drinking for about a week, was chargedu nder the Treason Felony Act. Constable Gorman deposed that on Sunday evening he was asked by Mr. Cooper, of the Bridge Hotel, South Gundagai, if he had seen the account of the committal of a man for treason...

' MISCELLANEOUS. A gentleman who had a very deaf servant was advised by a friend to discharge her. 'No, no,' replied the gentleman, with much good feeling, ' that poor creature could never hear of another situation.' ? ? ' The Reverend Henry Ward Bcecher, in a serial which ho is writing in the New York Ledger, discusses, through a negro ; character of the story, the probabilities of horsies going to heaven. Hiram points out that white, and red, and black, and grey, horses are spoken pf in the Revelations, that ..Death rides ou a pale horse, probably a.croam-colour, and that in the ninth chapter mention is made of an army of two. hundred thousand horsemen. 'Now,' asks Hiram, 'where could they get so many horses, in heaven if none of them that die off hero go there? ..It. is my opinion that a good horse is a darned sight likelier- to go to heaven than a bad man.' .,' When is a flea like a locomotive ?— When 'it goes over the sleepers. ,? ;,. . , - /. When Whitfi eld preached befpre;th...

NOTICE. Sulscrilers who are in the habit of paying in advance ? - are hereby reminded that th'i it the month for to doing, a new quarter having just commenced. To prevent delay and perhaps lost to one or mon persons it should be borne in mind that all com municaliont tent to this office for publication 'nhould be addressed to' ' The Editor,' and not to any individual member of the establishment. Letters far publication should be tent in at early in the week at possi'-lei and if advertisers mould kindly think of their': favours before a late hour on Friday evenings they would much oblige, an.l this obviate the necessity of our withdrawing ether important matter. SEXITTdNCteS RECEIVED, From Jugiong Poundke/per, £1; D. McKinnon, Srungle, It. J TO CORRESPONDENTS. J, Spencer.— Want of space prevents the insertion of your letter this iautt Allan 'Ramsay, — Tour communication is omitted for the same' reason. :

? ' It is dangerous to play with edged tools,' is a proverb, and that it is equally hazardous to give an inexperienced workman a sharp imple ? jnent, is a fact. Such an edged legal tool is the Treason Felony Act, useful if properly applied, but liable to be mischievous aud hurtful if wielded by timid and unskilled hands. Many of its provisions, from their sweeping and arbitrary nature, were evidently framed to meet certain special emergencies, and require to be applied with sound discretion and cool judgment; but unfortunately such qualities cannot be given, together with a sopy of the Act, to those who administer it. Lot us look at the results of its operation in comparatively up-country districts. The first case on record is that of a man named Toomey, of Goulburn, who said, alluding to O'Farrell's attempted assassination, ' It served the Prince right ; he had no business to come here.' As he was drinking with a companion, who, with pleasing candor, admitted in Court that he was i...

'?? iN INDIAN'S SEVEN QJB. .. Chapter VII. At the termination of about three years it became painfully apparent that- unless Rosy Morn wore released her life would probably 1 b'o 'jeopardised ; and she therefore received her liberty. It is questionable whether she would not have preferred still to remain in Jier solitary cell near Dacotah ; bnt the desire to live for him was very strong in her, and foi this reason she was glad to fuel again the fresh Mr, and. again hear the songs of tht birds. , Her love, however, would not permit lier-.toquit thevicinity of the city, and, like a ,iemale hermit, she took up her dwelling in a ? ruined hut on a hill, close to and overlooking ' Cooper's Falls. Here she would sit and look forth upon the city, and reflect upon the hard ness of Fate, and the cruel perversity of man ,-in marring the harmony of Nature j and still as she gazed, she would wonder when, if ever, 'Dacotah wouid pass out from those gloomy walls. ..-..?? ? .?.'?: Such simple wants...

SELECT POETRY. \ AUSTRALIA. VINDTCX. ; ?'? TTho ronr-th from.Belda of the flnnth | _ With nimi'ni of wi'upin? »nd woe, I . ? ? And a cry of Hip heart in hfi mnn'h,- IT.;' ! ? ? . And 5 atep that is tnufllad and slow P . Hpr pi-lh« are Hie piths ft Hie sun | ' Her hnuto in a heamiful licht i „ Bi't slie boweth her hrad anl is tine _L ' ' Wjlblji-t daughters of dolour and night. Eli' in fairer than flowers of Invs , S'io is (fairer than wind-driven flimej And Oori from His thunders above Bath smitten the soul ol ber tliame. Ehf «»i'h to the bloody on« rnrst Wilh the fever or evil, she snilh ' ' Wv sorrow shall strangle thee Brat ' Wiih an agony wilder than death I ' My sorrow shrll baok at thv life j 1 1 In Ufhnlt wrrstle wiih wraiths of thy tin, . Alirl »'e-p on a pillow of »lrif« With demons without and within I' She whispers, ' He cine to the land A lord and a lover of mo^~ Ji inn of the wives with a hand As fearless and frank as the sea. ' On the. shorts of the stringer he stood ?...

ADELONO. (noil OUB OOBBESPOIfDENT.) April 2nd. — Wo have experienced a great change' in the weather this week, it being cold enough at night and at early dawn for the ap preciation of a coat ; but the rain we expected has not come in sufficient Quantities to satisfy the wants of our parched pastures Our photographer, Mr A. Smith, jun., has been making a tour in the neighbourhood with the intention of increasing bis connection, and in his absence we have a visit from Mr Fearne, who has made such a great show of tents, caravaiiH, &amp;c, that it is not uncommon to hear folks ask what circus or wild beast show his studio is. The building mania has not yet ceased here as several aro going up ; amongst others there is a refreshment house in course of erection opposite Taylor's boot and shoe mart. The only business at our police office this week was two applications for hawker's licenses. Our mining news is still good, and wo have now some alluvial ground up the creek that promises to...

i£kr/--- Wanted A'Z*~ \ BOY TJ93D TO 0AJTH.B. Must be ibltto JX milk. j . - ± V. HOBSLBY, I Yubtree. WanW TEAM3 TO LOAD F&amp;B GOULBPEN from Tumut. Apply to j \V. TUBNBULL.jailraore, Tnmut, Or to JJIr. H. Hilton, Tumut. 77 TEAMS ~h~ XJCf AHTED for TWENTY FIVE MILB3 of TT BBU3H FENCING at Oura. .- Apply to BAND BROTHERS, ' -' Oura, Wagga Wagga. To Fencers. frj 'TENDERS rrq'iired for a TWO-BAIL FESOE, 1 contractors to find everything. For further jartioulari, apply to H. HIIjTON, Tumut. / Church of England. / rvIVINK 8KRVI0K*will (O.V.) be held by tht \J RRV. O. J. BYNG, at REEDY FIiAf, on 1'HURSDAY, 9lb in.tint. Qhurch, of England School Fete *?£,- — — 7 1THB P.IC-NTO of the Children attending 'the .—-Church of England dchool, in Gundigai, will je held on the Race course on EaS CKS MONDAY. Is refreshments will be provided for thu Children inly, it is requested that Visitors will bring their iwn provisions. Fmeute are requested to attend. Children to assemble at the Church at 10 ...

PABLIAMEITIABY SPIIOWS. Tf the Assembly on Wednesday, Mr. Tighe moved the adjournment of the Home for the purpose of -rawing {he attention of the Attorney-General to the oaia of JViomny, who bad been committed for trial for an offence under the Treaion Folony Act. He considered that thin person bad been improperly consigned to prison— flrsr. became tha offenoa had been committed before tha man oould bars been aware that he wai guilty of a crime | and sett, brcauie the Act in question did not apply to the ofTenoo of whioli the man was Boomed. When the bill wat before tha Home, ha had drawn attention to tho fnctthit there wai a possibility of s ponon doing that which would be an offenoe (gainat tha law without that ponon bain? aware that suoh wai the cate. The Attorney-General had then declared that he would taVo care that no oaie of harihneii should ariso under the law. 'Mr. Martin said he would look into the deposi tion! taVen in the case. Mr. Fontrr having condemned the Act as a me...

NEWS OF THE WEEK. Recent French writers have attributed the superior physical energy and muscular develop ment of the British people., as compared with that of the average population of France, to their fondness for field sports and athletic exercises, such as cricket. &amp;c. It is undoubt edly to such out-door amusements that tha inhabitants of the British isles 'owe much of tl'eir vigor and elasticity of frame, and we are glad to note thnt under different conditions of climate the representatives 'and descendants* of the race inhabiting these colonies preserve the old relish for such healthful recreations. Reference to our advertising columns will show that ii is proposed to have Gundagai Athletic Sports on Easter Monday, and we trust our readers will severally aid, first by their contributions, and afterwards by their presence, to render them successful. Tho delightful change from intense heat to the cool bracing weather we have this week enjoyed has been a matter of general...

.. TUMUT. Friday, March 27th. — Before the Police Magistrate. Edward Cuasen, a free-aoloctor residing at Gocup, was brought before the court by sergeant Tant, charged with having on tho night of Wednesday the 2Cth of March brokitn into the house of one Mrs. Webb, and brutallv buaten her. It appeared from the evidence that Mrs. Webb and Mrs. Marshall reside together in a small bark hut near the Catholic chapel in Tumut. About midnight on Wed nesday Mrs. Webb (who was sleeping in the same bed with Mrs. Marshall) was awoko by hearing some ono trying to enter by the window. She awoke Mrs. Marshall and tried to strike a light, but failed, and in the moan time a man effected on entrance into tho room by pulling down a board beneath the window, and coming to the bed began taking improper liberties with Mrs. Webb. The two women then both sebod the ruffian and called for belp, whereupon he got a heavy stick and beat Mrs. Webb about the head, causing the blood to flow freely. The women fought...

TUMUT. (from ot/b correspondent) April 2. — Perhaps the most important item of news this week is the agreeable change in the weather. On Sunday morning last we had a sharp frost ; during the day we had some refreshing showers, accompanied with a little thunder, and since then the temperature has been much cooler. The rain, though coming late in the season, has been most acceptable after the late trying drought. Our police report gives an account of the examination and committal of Edward Cus sen, the perpetrator of the savage and appa rently unprovoked assault upon Mrs Webb, referred to in my last The court-house was crowded, and the appearance of the complain ant showed how brutally she had been assailed. If the stick produced by the sergeant of police, which is a trace-chain spreader, was the wea pon used in tho fray, it is little short of a miracle that the woman's life was not taken. It is a deplorable fact that this outrage is traceable to lax principles and over-indulgence in ...

TUMBARUMBA. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) March 30th. — The intelligence of the at- tempted assassination of our Australia's Princely guest awakened feelings of the deepest horror and indignation here. R. S. G. Macdonald, Esq., J.P., in compliance with a requisition signed by all the leading men of our district, convened a public gathering of the inhabitants, and a numerously attended Indignation meeting (to use the current phrase) was held on the 18th ultimo. R. S. G. Macdonald, Esq., presided. Several gen- tlemen addressed the meeting, and all present were unanimous in expressing their deep sympathy with Prince Alfred, their detestation of the atrocious crime of which he had been the victim, and their thankfulness to Almighty God for having frustrated the designs of the assassin. The Chairman, with Messrs. Robert MacMicking, George Henry Greene, Michael Langford, J.P.'s, and Frederick E. Compton, were then appointed to prepare the following address, which was adopted unanimously for p...

. At midnight on Tueaday Mr. T. Henderson surrendered the keys of the fortress at the end of the bridge, vulgarly termed a toll-house, to the lessee. The scene was affecting and impressive, and when, amidst a deep silence, the'tried and trusty retiring chief addressed a ?few solemn words to his successor, relative to the responsibilities of hi$ situation, and the difficulties he would have to encounter in the faithful discharge of his duties, signs of deep emotion could be traced on the visages of the bystanders. The ceremony was completed by a formality of not an unpleasing character, known as ' damping the hinges of the gate.' Curing his term of office Mr. Henderson has discharged his duties with firmness, vigilance, courtesy, and strict fidelity. An American invention called the 'Atmos- pheric churn' has created much interest among the butter markets of Qeensland. The peculiarity of the ' atmospheric churn,' which is in other respects exactly formed - like tho old-fashioned plung...